Tsuchinshan-Atlas Comet
C/2023 A3 is a periodic comet that visit Earth every 80,000 years. At the time of this image, on 16/10/2024. Its distance from us is 80 million Km (0.5 AU). Surprisingly, the extremely long dust tail is around 21 degrees (42 Full Moon). Also, In the lower left corner, we can see the Anti-tail that appears toward the Sun when Earth passing comet’s orbital plane. Gear setup: WO Redcat51, iOptron GEM45, Optolong L-Pro, ZWO 2400MC. Light subs 201 x 10 sec, total exposure 33 min Captured by NINA, Stacked inAPP, processed by PI & PS.
Tsuchinshan-Atlas Comet
C/2023 A3 is a periodic comet that visit Earth every 80,000 years. At the time of this image, on 16/10/2024. Its distance from us is 80 million Km (0.5 AU). Surprisingly, the extremely long dust tail is around 21 degrees (42 Full Moon). Also, In the lower left corner, we can see the Anti-tail that appears toward the Sun when Earth passing comet’s orbital plane. Gear setup: WO Redcat51, iOptron GEM45, Optolong L-Pro, ZWO 2400MC. Light subs 201 x 10 sec, total exposure 33 min Captured by NINA, Stacked inAPP, processed by PI & PS.